I’ve spent most of my life living with cheap bullets and cheap ammo on deer and not had much of a problem. Most of my time has been spent with Remington 12 Ga sluggers and Walmart special 180 grain 30-06. I hunt dense cedars and Eastern hardwoods, and I hunt at very close range. I started out life as a bowhunter, and most of my deer hunting sensibilities lie in that sort of hunting. If I do not get within 80 yards of the deer, I am doing something wrong.

Since I took up handloading a few years ago, I’ve switched to mostly moderate loads. That was due partly to cost and partly to the vast reduction in recoil.

What I want is an inexpensive bullet that will do the job. I don’t want pencilling, and I do not want a rib-grenade. I want a bullet that will be inexpensive to shoot regularly.

Anything that comes close to Wally World specials like the plain old Remington Green-Box is fine by me. Most of my handloads use Hornady Interlok, but I’m trying out some Winchester Power Points this year in the son’s 30-30 to try and aleave a problem he’s been having with lost deer.

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